On 3 March, the Art Institute of Chicago (AIC) announced the initiation of a voluntary repatriation to Nepal. The 12th-century artefact in question, a “significant sculpture” dubbed Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda, will be returned to its home … Read More
MODERN DAD | By Jon Show March 7. When I was 12 years old, my mom opened my bedroom door while I was doing homework and listening to Eazy-Duz-It, the 1988 album by rapper Eazy-E, who was—and remains—my favorite rapper. … Read More
In an episode of the PBS documentary series American Masters, the musician Ry Cooder described the painter Vincent Valdez as “the Albrecht Dürer of Chicano artists”. This sobriquet is appropriate, given the virtuosic detail of his images, but the pathos … Read More